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botún

botún

See also: botun

Irish

Noun

botún m ‎(genitive singular botúin, nominative plural botúin)

farrier's knife
blunder, mistake, error
(tennis) fault

Synonyms

(mistake, error): dearmad, earráid

Derived terms

Terms derived from botún

botúnach ‎(“blundering; awkward”, adjective)
botúnaí f ‎(“blundering, awkwardness”)

botúnaí m ‎(“blunderer”)
botún dúbailte ‎(“double fault”)

Etymology 2

Noun

botún m ‎(genitive singular botúin, nominative plural botúin)

stomach of goose
fat fledgling

Declension

Declension of botún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	botún	botúin
Vocative	a bhotúin	a bhotúna
Genitive	botúin	botún
Dative	botún	botúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an botún	na botúin
Genitive	an bhotúin	na mbotún
Dative	leis an mbotún don bhotún	leis na botúin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
botún	bhotún	mbotún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"botún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.